Alibaba founder on buying spree in China's media sector Alibaba Group's 20-plus investments in mainland China's media sector since 2013 have caused quite a stir. Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba has bought the streaming provider Youku Tudou this month, in a deal believed to be worth a total of[...]
Google and Akamai partner on speeding up cloud networking Inside Google's Google Cloud Platform data-centers, everything is hooked together with 10GB Ethernet. Once your traffic is on its way to the public, it runs on top of Google's own Content Delivery Network (CDN) Interconnect. That's still not[...]
Google sued by express delivery driver seeking wages A driver for Google’s same day delivery service filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the company, alleging it improperly classified her as an independent contractor and owes expenses. Like drivers in the Amazon case, Google Express[...]
Alibaba pushes into Europe with new offices in U.K. and Italy, Germany and France to follow soon China’s eCommerce company Alibaba has announced the opening of offices in London and Milan as it plunges deeper into Europe , with locations in Germany and France to follow in the ‘coming months.’ It’s[...]
Cyber attacks of all kinds are on the rise. Unfortunately, it's still a trend to ignore the threat known as DDoS, despite the fact that DDoS attacks are increasing annually. It's important to understand that attacks are simply not going away. The Internet will probably never become a perfectly safe[...]
Media streaming is one of the most powerful mega trends around, whose potential were only beginning to fully master and exploit. The arrival of streaming technology brought upon a new generation of the internet, based on delivering rich video and audio content to the end user, on the spot. The[...]
Britain’s tech community links up with charities to help migrants with mobiles My Refuge, a website and app which tries to put refugees looking for a home in touch with people willing to provide one, described as "AirBnB for refugees, with no money involved”. The plan faces obstacles, such as how[...]
BlackBerry confirms it will launch a new Android smartphone called Priv BlackBerry has confirmed its intentions to launch an Android smartphone, after months of speculation and leaks. The name “Priv” is a nod-and-a-wink to BlackBerry’s reputation as a privacy-focused company. The new BlackBerry [...]
Broadpeak Unveils a New Off-Net CDN Offering Optimized for Video Content Delivery Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network, as well as live and on-demand video servers, announced the launch of a new off-net CDN service designed for optimal video delivery for content providers by allowing[...]
The GlobalDots is on the road again - our team will be visiting a number of events and conferences that include some of the biggest and well-established names in the industry. Below you can find a full list of events that will be hosted around the world and we invite our readers, partners and[...]
